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Function-valued traits in evolution [PDF]

Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 2013
Many biological characteristics of evolutionary interest are not scalar variables but continuous functions. Given a dataset of function-valued traits generated by evolution, we develop a practical, statistical approach to infer ancestral function-valued ...
Hadjipantelis, PZ, Springate, David A., Knight, Christopher G., Jones, NS, Springate, DA, Knight, C. G. (Christopher G.), Moriarty, J, Jones, Nick S., Hadjipantelis, Pantelis-Zenon, Moriarty, John M., Hadjipantelis, Pantelis Z., Knight, CG, Moriarty, John   +12 more
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Testate Amoeba Functional Traits and Their Use in Paleoecology

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
This review provides a synthesis of current knowledge on the morphological and functional traits of testate amoebae, a polyphyletic group of protists commonly used as proxies of past hydrological changes in paleoecological investigations from peatland ...
Katarzyna Marcisz, Vincent E. J. Jassey, Anush Kosakyan, Valentyna Krashevska, Daniel J. G. Lahr, Enrique Lara, Łukasz Lamentowicz, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Andrew Macumber, Andrew Macumber, Yuri Mazei, Yuri Mazei, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Nawaf A. Nasser, R. Timothy Patterson, Helen M. Roe, David Singer, Andrey N. Tsyganov, Andrey N. Tsyganov, Bertrand Fournier   +20 more
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Unravelling the role of contrasting light environments in shaping leaf functional traits: a global meta-analysis [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
Leaf functional traits play a decisive role in harnessing plant performance and the functionality of leaf functional traits is largely governed by change in light environments yet at global scale this mechanistic relationship of leaf functional traits ...
Wajee ul Hassan, Xiping Cheng, Yanfang Wang, Runze Li, Pengyue Dai, Jing Chen   +5 more
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Ecosystem Traits Linking Functional Traits to Macroecology

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2019
As the range of studies on macroecology and functional traits expands, integration of traits into higher-level approaches offers new opportunities to improve clarification of larger-scale patterns and their mechanisms and predictions using models.
Liu, Shirong, Xu, Li, Niu, Shuli, Zhou, Guangsheng, Li, Shenggong, Han, Xingguo, Zhang, Jiahui, Yu, Guirui, Sun, Wei, Liu, Congcong, Luo, Yiqi, He, Jinsheng, He, Nianpeng, Sack, Lawren, Zhou, Xuhui, Yu, Qiang, Piao, Shilong, Lin, Yi   +17 more
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The traits of “trait ecologists”: An analysis of the use of trait and functional trait terminology [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
AbstractTrait and functional trait approaches have revolutionized ecology improving our understanding of community assembly, species coexistence, and biodiversity loss. Focusing on traits promotes comparability across spatial and organizational scales, but terms must be used consistently.
Samantha K. Dawson, Carlos Pérez Carmona, Manuela González‐Suárez, Mari Jönsson, Filipe Chichorro, Max Mallen‐Cooper, Yolanda Melero, Helen Moor, John P. Simaika, Alexander Bradley Duthie   +9 more
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ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL LEAF TRAIT VARIATION AMONG THE DOMINANT UNDERSTOREY SPECIES IN THE PINE FOREST OF MORNI HILLS, PANCHKULA, HARYANA [PDF]

Journal of Tropical Life Science, 2021
The functionaldiversity is an essential concept in the field of ecology. It refers to the relative abundance, range, and value of the functional traits present in a given community or ecosystem.
Himanshi, Harikesh, Somveer Jakhar
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Narcissistic Traits and Executive Functions [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Several personality disorders have been associated with cognitive impairment, including executive functions like working memory. Yet, it is unclear whether subclinical expression in non-clinical persons is associated with cognitive functioning. Recent studies indicate that non-clinical subjects might, in fact, perform better with increasing moderate to
Igor Nenadić, Igor Nenadić, Igor Nenadić   +2 more
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Functional Traits 2.0: The power of the metabolome for ecology [PDF]

Journal of Ecology, 2022
Abstract A major aim of ecology is to upscale attributes of individuals to understand processes at population, community and ecosystem scales.
Walker, Tom, Alexander, Jake, Allard, Pierre‐marie, Baines, Oliver, Baldy, Virginie, Bardgett, Richard, Capdevila, Pol, Coley, Phyllis, David, Bruno, Defossez, Emmanuel, Endara, María‐josé, Ernst, Madeleine, Fernandez, Catherine, Forrister, Dale, Gargallo-Garriga, Albert, Jassey, Vincent, Marr, Sue, Neumann, Steffen, Pellissier, Loïc, Peñuelas, Josep, Peters, Kristian, Rasmann, Sergio, Roessner, Ute, Sardans, Jordi, Schrodt, Franziska, Schuman, Meredith, Soule, Abrianna, Uthe, Henriette, Weckwerth, Wolfram, Wolfender, Jean‐luc, Dam, Nicole, Salguero-Gómez, Roberto   +31 more
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The best of both worlds: Combining lineage‐specific and universal bait sets in target‐enrichment hybridization reactions

Applications in Plant Sciences, 2021
Premise Researchers adopting target‐enrichment approaches often struggle with the decision of whether to use universal or lineage‐specific probe sets.
Kasper P. Hendriks, Terezie Mandáková, Nikolai M. Hay, Elfy Ly, Alex Hooft van Huysduynen, Rubin Tamrakar, Shawn K. Thomas, Oscar Toro‐Núñez, J. Chris Pires, Lachezar A. Nikolov, Marcus A. Koch, Michael D. Windham, Martin A. Lysak, Félix Forest, Klaus Mummenhoff, William J. Baker, Frederic Lens, C. Donovan Bailey   +17 more
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Mycorrhizal fungal and tree root functional traits: Strategies for integration and future directions

Ecosphere, 2023
Plant functional traits offer ecologists quantifiable characteristics that may be used to determine the underlying mechanisms and drivers of processes at scales ranging from individual plants to entire ecosystems. While research on belowground functional
Samuel A. Z. Schaffer‐Morrison, Donald R. Zak   +1 more
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